[ 'ideally,' julius said, not that he'd thought that. ]

I'm not saying I was forgiving you. Neither am I going to condemn you, however. I feel that if you're anything like what I think you might be like, given these impressions the past week, you'll do plenty of that on your own regardless.

[ he smiles, but it's not friendly, just... there. killing shiki was unfortunate, but he knows itachi isn't guilty over that. ]

Accept your own advice, and don't make assumptions of my character from a single conversation.